Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 4Never Speak in a Hurry
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Literature · Humor
Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 4
Never Speak in a Hurry
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THE HOSPITABLE JONES. Yes, we're in the same old place, where you dined with us last year. By the bye, old man, I wish you and your wife would come and take pot-luck with us again on the----
The Impulsive Brown (in the eagerness of his determination never again to take pot-luck with the Joneses). My dear fellow! So sorry! But we're engaged on the--a--on the--er--on th-th-that evening!
Poor Jones (pathetically). Well, old man, you might have given me time just to name the day.
"WHO PAYS THE PIPER CALLS THE TUNE"
Johnnie (to waiter). "Aw--you're the boss--head waiter, eh?"
Waiter. "Yessir."
Johnnie. "Ah, well, just--ah--send up to your orchestra chaps, and tell 'em I really can't eat my dinner to that tune."]
EFFECT OF GOOD CHEER ON OPPOSITE TEMPERAMENTS
Aspect of Jones and Smith at two different stages of the same sumptuous repast.
